Book · 2018 · Fiction
Transcription
A Novel
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So tell us about transcription it's um set in two time frames 1940 1950 and sent us around a girl called Juliet Armstrong who in 1940 is 18 and she's smart but she's naive.
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Transcription by Kate Atkinson is a historical spy novel that follows a young woman recruited to monitor British fascist sympathizers during the Second World War. Pamela Paul discussed the book on The Book Review ("The Epic Tragedy of Vietnam"), noting that another historical novel reminded her of Atkinson's work in certain structural ways. Later, Pamela Paul welcomed Kate Atkinson to The Book Review ("Kate Atkinson on 'Transcription'") to discuss her latest World War II project. During an episode titled "Siddhartha Mukherjee Talks About ‘The Gene’," Pamela Paul asked the author about the dual-timeline plot set across the 1940s and 1950s, centering on an eighteen-year-old protagonist named Juliet Armstrong who transitions from a smart yet naive individual into a spy. In the same interview, Atkinson read an early scene from the book illustrating Juliet's humble beginnings as a typist in the intelligence service. The conversations highlighted Atkinson's sharp character development, the atmospheric tension of wartime London, and the complex moral compromises required of ordinary citizens caught up in espionage during a global crisis.
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Pamela Paul so tell us about transcription it's um set in two time frames 1940 1950 and sent us around a girl called Ju… 5
“so tell us about transcription it's um set in two time frames 1940 1950 and sent us around a girl called Juliet Armstrong who in 1940 is 18 and she's smart but she's naive”
“would you read a passage from transped to you this is a scene that takes place quite early on in Juliet's career as a spy when she's still a humble typist”
“and it reminded me of not in style but in certain ways of transcription by Kate Atkinson”
“Kate Atkinson will be here to discuss her latest World War II novel transcription”
“and her latest novel transcription”
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